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Mark Renshaw is a Fucking Amazing Fellow! (currently 3898 views) |
Don |
Posted: April 5th, 2018, 11:06pm |
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AdministratorAdministrator So, what are you writing?
LocationVirginia Posts16417 Posts Per Day 1.93 |
A 2018 Inroads Screenwriting Fellow, to be precise. For his Sci-Fi Screenplay Cyborn. Some of you may recall that Cyborn was a writers' choice in MarkItZero (James') Quickie Challenge. I hope Mark doesn't mind if I just relay his message to me. ++++++++++++ Hi Don, I just wanted to share some good news with you and the SS guys. My short script Cyborn has just won the 2018 Inroads Fellowship Award....which is HUGE! Cyborn came out of the quickie challenge on the website back in March. It won and I was so proud of it, I remember asking you to take it down so I could enter it into competitions...which you kindly agreed to. Since then I've entered it into a few but I was disheartened at first as it failed to even get into the qualifying stages of Shore Scripts. I had similar rejections from the UK Film Festival 3 minute film competition and several others. I thought nothing was going to come of this and then suddenly, out of the blue today, I won one of the biggest writing competitions on the planet. http://screenwritingfellowship.org/2018-winners/4594269365I just want to thank you and the rest of the guys on the forum. I've pretty much honed my craft on those boards. Every success I've had has come out of one of the OWC's either directly with me entering them into competitions (like The Broken Kingdom from the last (two) week challenge which has won two awards so far and is in the Austin Comedy Film Festival next week) or via someone reading the script and enquiring if I had others, or from me then taking the short and developing it into a longer piece. - Mark +++++++++++++++++++++++ |
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Warren |
Posted: April 5th, 2018, 11:24pm |
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Of The Ancients A man who has taught his mind to misbehave
LocationSydney, Australia Posts3897 Posts Per Day 1.35 |
No surprises here. A great writer.
Congrats, Mark. |
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SAC |
Posted: April 5th, 2018, 11:58pm |
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Of The Ancients … but some dreams do
LocationUpstate NY Posts3208 Posts Per Day 0.78 |
Nice going, Mark! Truly awesome news. Congrats!! |
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AnthonyCawood |
Posted: April 6th, 2018, 1:35am |
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LocationUK Posts4322 Posts Per Day 1.13 |
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MarkRenshaw |
Posted: April 6th, 2018, 2:04am |
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LocationUK Posts2335 Posts Per Day 0.58 |
Lol - Thanks guys. I meant what I said. I've learned more on these boards that I have reading any screenwriting book or script. The brutal but honest feedback and brilliant suggestions have been priceless. The OWC's are one of the few things that gets my arse in gear and focused. Left to my own devices and no deadline I can procrastinate forever. |
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LC |
Posted: April 6th, 2018, 2:37am |
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7622 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
You know how much I loved Broken Kingdom and Cyborn. You bloody little beauty! That's Aussie for well done and blessings on your family. So, you off to LA? Or taking the cash prize? |
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jayrex |
Posted: April 6th, 2018, 3:12am |
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Old Timer Cut to three weeks earlier
LocationLondon, UK Posts1420 Posts Per Day 0.22 |
Congratulations, well done! |
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khamanna |
Posted: April 6th, 2018, 4:06am |
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Big congrats, Mark! Happy for you. Very deserving and not at all surprising. |
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Colkurtz8 |
Posted: April 6th, 2018, 6:13am |
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MarkRenshaw |
Posted: April 6th, 2018, 7:39am |
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LocationUK Posts2335 Posts Per Day 0.58 |
You know how much I loved Broken Kingdom and Cyborn. You bloody little beauty! That's Aussie for well done and blessings on your family. So, you off to LA? Or taking the cash prize? |
Gotta love the Aussie sayings! It's a bit early days, only found out I'd won yesterday. They want to ring me up for a chat, so just arranging that at the moment. I'd love to go to LA if I could, it's such a once in a lifetime opportunity. |
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Grandma Bear |
Posted: April 6th, 2018, 7:55am |
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LocationThe Swamp... Posts7961 Posts Per Day 1.35 |
Huge congratulations! Some writers stick out from the crowd. You're one of them. |
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Dreamscale |
Posted: April 6th, 2018, 9:38am |
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MarkItZero |
Posted: April 6th, 2018, 10:33am |
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Awesome!!! |
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eldave1 |
Posted: April 6th, 2018, 5:21pm |
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LocationSouthern California Posts6874 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
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stevemiles |
Posted: April 6th, 2018, 5:51pm |
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Nicely done. Congratulations. |
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Kirsten |
Posted: May 5th, 2018, 5:29am |
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January Project Group Giving up is not an option....
LocationKiwi in Ohio Posts373 Posts Per Day 0.13 |
Congratulations Mark! Thats brilliant news! |
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CameronD |
Posted: May 6th, 2018, 11:47am |
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lol, the subject for this post as shown on the home page for me on the message boards says Mark Renshaw is a fuck.... so I had to click this.
Great job, Mark! 100% agree on your thoughts about this place and always stoked to see one of our own succeed at any level. Congrats! |
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FrankM |
Posted: May 6th, 2018, 12:28pm |
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LocationBetween Chair and Keyboard Posts1447 Posts Per Day 0.62 |
lol, the subject for this post as shown on the home page for me on the message boards says Mark Renshaw is a fuck.... so I had to click this. |
I thought had something to do with my screen size. Thought it was just a funny coincidence, nice to see it’s visible to all Congrats Mark, your success is definitely not a coincidence! |
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JEStaats |
Posted: May 7th, 2018, 3:00pm |
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Old Timer No sh*t, there I was....
LocationTucson, AZ Posts1735 Posts Per Day 0.62 |
Congrats, Mark! Cyborn was an awesome little short. Well deserved! |
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Shakey |
Posted: June 9th, 2018, 11:21am |
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LocationEurope-ish Posts57 Posts Per Day 0.02 |
That's great - you must be well chuffed. Congratulations!
This means there's no way I can get to read it, right?
I've been away and off this board for a while... And I think this one was from before my time anyway. Would love to read it, is all. |
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MarkRenshaw |
Posted: June 9th, 2018, 6:32pm |
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LocationUK Posts2335 Posts Per Day 0.58 |
That's great - you must be well chuffed. Congratulations!
This means there's no way I can get to read it, right?
I've been away and off this board for a while... And I think this one was from before my time anyway. Would love to read it, is all. |
I've sent you a link to it in a PM |
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Warren |
Posted: June 9th, 2018, 7:41pm |
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Of The Ancients A man who has taught his mind to misbehave
LocationSydney, Australia Posts3897 Posts Per Day 1.35 |
I've sent you a link to it in a PM |
Hi Mark, I'd love to read the updated version if it's different from the quickie challenge. Was a great script to start with. |
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Shakey |
Posted: June 10th, 2018, 2:19pm |
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LocationEurope-ish Posts57 Posts Per Day 0.02 |
Thanks for sharing Mark.
Well, that's a great case of a lot done in a very few pages! Well done on the well deserved win!!!
It sets up a world efficiently. It sets up several characters efficiently. It creates action, interest and also emotion efficiently.
And - personal favourite - it's filmable without crazy budget or complexity. Maybe special effects, or even maybe not. The value of the content doesn't rely on a particular production 'look'.
Ultra short things eh... V nice. |
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MarkRenshaw |
Posted: June 11th, 2018, 3:37am |
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LocationUK Posts2335 Posts Per Day 0.58 |
Hi Mark, I'd love to read the updated version if it's different from the quickie challenge. Was a great script to start with.
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It's more or less the same as the OWC. I just polished it and fixed typos.
Thanks for sharing Mark.
Well, that's a great case of a lot done in a very few pages! Well done on the well deserved win!!!
It sets up a world efficiently. It sets up several characters efficiently. It creates action, interest and also emotion efficiently.
And - personal favourite - it's filmable without crazy budget or complexity. Maybe special effects, or even maybe not. The value of the content doesn't rely on a particular production 'look'.
Ultra short things eh... V nice. |
Thanks. I agree as well about it not costing a fortune to produce but so far I've not been able to attract anyone to produce it. It's a shame as I think this would completely own at the film festival circuit. BTW - I'm turning it into a feature length version. Up to page 58 and loving writing it so far. |
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Warren |
Posted: June 11th, 2018, 5:33pm |
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Of The Ancients A man who has taught his mind to misbehave
LocationSydney, Australia Posts3897 Posts Per Day 1.35 |
It's more or less the same as the OWC. I just polished it and fixed typos.
BTW - I'm turning it into a feature length version. Up to page 58 and loving writing it so far.
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Not a problem. I look forward to reading the feature if it makes its way to SS. |
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